Having A Go At Macro

[SMAUG]

just having a go at macro photo's
would love some constructive critisism.
tell me what you think!

The tank:

Pearling:

Peacock spiny eel and shrimp:

Eel swiming:

Guppy fry swiming with pearling riccia:

Shrimp:

Thanks for looking

-Tom

 

[RadaR]

Nice ones! Those are great for first trys. Keep it up.

 

[paul_219]

Very nice tank.Wonderful keep it up.Very nice tank.Wonderful keep it up.

 

[kewskills]

they are excellent photos, i wish mine were that good

 

[bubblesburst80]

very nice pics and a great tank

xXx

 

[treelo]

you should only be using macro for very up close shots mate, it wont benefit the long distance pictures at all

 

[Gankutsuou]

I hope you switch to sand soon

 

[Danno]

I hope you switch to sand soon

Why switch to sand? Gravel looks just as nice.

 

[CAC]

I hope you switch to sand soon

Why switch to sand? Gravel looks just as nice.

Switching to sand has nothing to do with aesthetics, but for the health of any spiny eels. They need sand to burrow in, and without it they will find it hard to burrow, and in doing so it can damage their skin, which can result in infections. Their skin is very delicate so switch to sand.

 

[Lion007]

Nice shots

 

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Thanks very much for the responses guys.
i've got a few more pix coming.

The spiny eel was recently swapped out of my 55 gallon tank.
the 55 gallon had a good layer of sand for the spiny eel and the khuli loaches.
both seemed to completly ignore it. never saw anything bury itself. cory's love it tho!
Little tank is air lift ungergravel filter. therefore no sand.

spiny eel went into little tank in order to make it easier to feed him. this way, he can take his time when getting hand fed,
and can eat guppy fry when it suits him.( but he's not too good at this!)

I've played with different macro settings and manual focus.
thats the best i've got so far.
camera is a fuji finepix s7000.

thanks for reading.
i'll put more photos up if you guys like.

ps. are they too big? should i resize?

ciao
-Tom

 

[CAC]

Please move him back into a tank with sand, or just syphon out the gravel and replace it with sand because they NEED it. Even if you dont see him burying himself he still needs it as not to cause and skin infections. Read through the profile for peacock eels in the fish index by CFC and I am sure it will say about sand as a substrate...TBH, I dont see why its such a big deal for you not to switch to sand, it isnt hard to do.
Also, just out of interest, why are you feeding guppies? You should switch him over to frozen foods ASAP. It will be harder to switch him the longer you feed live fish and there isnt much point in doing it. Read NMonks' pinned live feeder FAQ in the oddball section, it should explain some of the dangers etc with live feeding.

 

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55g:

Sleeping loach "vache"

What sort of gourami is this and how big will it get?
did some research on the net but they all look the same to me!

Thanks for looking

-Tom

 

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Ok i will him move him back.
in honesty it was short term, because i couldn't get him to eat.
loaches are too quick!

i am feeding him guppies because i have a lot of them and this way i know he is eating.
i get stuck with about 30 to 40 from each female each time she gives birth.
I do not have a ethical problem with this.
seems more natural to me.

as you can see from the 55 g photo i am heavily stocked as it is.
i have to do a water change once a week and clean the external filter 2 times a week.
i have enough fish,so guppy fry seem expendable.

i haven't read that thread yet, but will tonight.

maybe i will change to a small cheap external filter, and change to sand.
That will work better with the co2 injection in the small tank.
switching to sand now is not possible as it will fall into the undergravel filter plates and reduce flow.
anyone know what type and size of substrate peacock eels prefer?
in terms of what size sand or gravel and what texture?

Thanks for your opinion
-Tom

 

[CAC]

Yeah, it does look pretty much full the 55g. What size is this smaller one?
I have a layer of about 1" of sand, but it varies all over the tank...
I just used childrens play sand that you can get for sand pits etc. Just give it a good good washing to get all the silt out (as with any sand) and away you go. The finer stuff is best (like childrens play sand) because it wont cause any skin damage or irritation.
Thats fair enough about the guppie fry, but there may be better ways of doing it because it *may* be unhealthy for the eel. Im not entirly sure what an all fish diet will do, but like I said earlier, nmonks' pinned topic explains it all, I would def have a read. Try some live bloodworms, then try frozen when hes eating the live confidently. I never had any problems.